I am staying with my 1st generation... Am I alone out here?

After crushing my 1st generation, I went back to Blackberry.. This was my 6th BB at the time. Then I swapped to Verizon and got the Storm after fighting with my Voyager for 5 months. Finally, after realizing that I hated it, I got a 1st generation again, and I have no plans on swapping until it just dies and I can't buy another one that is in good condition..

I just hate the plastic backing.. I love the white.. it is extremely appealing, but that plastic.. ugh. I feel like it is as cheap as the Palm Pre.. I love the metal backing on the 1st gen. I love the heavy feel, and honestly, I never use copy and paste, or a Video Recorder.. Even with my phones in the past that have actually had both features, I might have recorded 10 times in the past 6 years.

Am I alone here? Who else decided not to swap to the 3g or the 3gs, and who thinks that Steve should re-think the plastic backing?

Not trying to get technical here but it's has been raised that it may not be plastic and from my experience, it seems more durable than you'd expect. Might be some apple blend ceramic or have some ceramic type coating. In a "will it blend" video, the "plastic" phone held up better then the 1st gen.

I understand how people can like the 1st gem because the metal look. But I just hate how fat it looks and the flatness of the back doesn't help much. I also don't like the plastic look of the buttons and the cheap plastic look where the speakers and mic are.

I have had all 3 models. The 3G speeds were awesome. The camera of the 3GS is nice too.

However.

The reception of the 3GS is terrible. The wifi was finnicky and the battery made me want to kill myself.

My 1st gen phone lasts at least 3 days without needing to be charged. The wifi is strong, and I get better Edge speeds and reception then either of the other models. The metal backing makes the phone feel amazing in my hand, and I can actually feel it vibrate in my pocket.

Next summer, when the newest and greatest is released. I will probably buy it. However, never again will I sell off my 1st gen. It will always stay on the shelf, just in case. I love that phone.

Not trying to get technical here but it's has been raised that it may not be plastic and from my experience, it seems more durable than you'd expect. Might be some apple blend ceramic or have some ceramic type coating. In a "will it blend" video, the "plastic" phone held up better then the 1st gen.

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and in the first will it blend video, the 1st gen iPhone's back case was reduced to black powder. Only the bezel remained intact, albeit bent. The back definitely did not act like metal. And Phil Torrone said of it "The material on the back is a nice plastic that etched white-ish." when he laser etched flying toasters on one.

I like my 2G as well, and won't change until I have to. I have unlocked it, and added MMS to 3.0, location services work fine, web generally works fine on GPRS when I need it to, so I don't feel like I'm missing anything. I do like the more solid feel of the phone. So no, you're not alone

When I use my original iphone oh man is it slow compared to my 3gs... I just use my original iphone as an over glorified airfoil speaker now and as a spare to test development on. I also like to take it apart just so I know how.

I used my 2g for 2 years and it was great. But the 3gs is so much better in so many ways, hardware speed and network speed being the obvious ones. I never thought of my 2g as slow, and even EDGE seemed fine, but it would be hard to go back now.

I've had all three, my wife still has the original 2G. She won't get rid of it. Won't even let me upgrade it to 3.0 software (it's on 2.x, don't remember exactly).

...although....I showed her my newest app purchase last night (Navigon), and she may be changing her mind when I actually use it while driving for her. I just got the 3GS two days ago, and it is night and day different with speed, even jailbroken with WinterBoard, iBlacklist, Notifier, and Backgrounder loaded, it's faster than my 3G was unjailbroken (with my unscientific testing).

Even my 5 & 6 year old's like Mommy's iPhone better cause it's silver backed and not black! Apple was on to something with that.....

i loved my 1st gen too...until i held my 1st gen and 3gs at the same time and it looked all antiquated and i realized how slow it is. now it sits on top of my Mac Pro with my also retired PowerBook G4. rest in peace 1st gen, i got you on launch day over 2 years ago and you served me well.

I bought a 3GS yesterday after using my original 2G iPhone for 2 years. I like the 2G, and didn't really intend to upgrade. I thought the 3G/3GS design was too plasticky and light, and didn't get the rounded back design at all.

Well. There's little difference in weight after all, the rounded back fits in the hand much better (and is still flat enough to sit steady on a desk if it's put down) and the 3GS is so much faster that going back to do things on the 2G feels very, very slow by comparison.

The poster that said the 3GS makes it a whole new experience is right. I didn't expect it to be, but it is.

Now, I look at my 2G, still is almost as-new condition and wonder what on earth to do with it! However much I really liked it over the two years I've used it, I won't be going back to it, that's for sure!

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